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Northern mayors call on PM to treat rail ‘chaos’ as emergency

Mayors from West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool and North Tyneside held an emergency meeting.

The Independent UK

Mayors call for 'six-month probation period' for TransPennine Express before 'any suggestion' of contract renewal

'If this level of disruption was being experienced in other parts of the country, we believe action would already have been taken'

Manchester Evening News

Metro Mayors holding emergency summit over rail chaos

Steve Rotheram will join other northern leaders to address the "shambles" on the rail network

Liverpool Echo

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Mayors blast 'shambles' of rail services 'inflicting misery on millions of people'

An emergency meeting of regional mayors was being held today

Manchester Evening News

National Rail train strikes November 2022 dates

Three more national rail strikes have been called by the RMT union, including one rearranged date.

The Independent UK

Northern mayors holding emergency meeting over rail services ‘shambles’

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin has called Thursday’s meeting.

The Independent UK

Newcastle train passenger hits out as journey to Liverpool 'took as long as flight to Dubai'

Passengers commuting from Newcastle to Liverpool on Sunday found themselves wrapped up in lengthy delays due to issues with TransPennine Express and Northern services.

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Newcastle to Liverpool train 'took as long as flight to Dubai' amid rail chaos

Passengers trying to get from Newcastle to Liverpool on Sunday evening found themselves enduring lengthy delays due to issues with TransPennine Express and Northern services

Daily Mirror

Liverpool passengers caught in 'chaos' as TransPennine cancels 30 trains in one day

Steve Rotheram said issues with trains in the region "should be a national scandal"

Liverpool Echo

National Rail train strikes November 2022 dates

Three more national rail strikes have been called by the RMT union, including one rearranged date.

The Independent UK

Northern train disruption: Passenger says Newcastle-Liverpool journey took ‘as long as a flight to Dubai’

This weekend’s delays follow months of disruption on the Northern network

The Independent UK

North East travellers now able to buy combined rail and air ticket to fly to three US cities

Delta and TransPennine Express have partnered so that travellers from Newcastle can make just one booking to cover their train to Manchester Airport and flight to the USA

Chronicle Live

'My train journey home to Liverpool took as long as a flight to Dubai'

I was one of hundreds of passengers caught up in travel chaos on the journey back to Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

The Mancunian Way: Families begging

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, October 24, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway rail passengers set to be hit by more strike action

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union are planning a serious of walkouts due to disputes over pay

Liverpool Echo

Contending with months of 'chaos' on Liverpool's Avanti and TransPennine services

Local politicians and passengers have criticised both Avanti and TransPennine

The Independent UK

Mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherham late for ‘rail chaos’ briefing after train cancelled

‘If this was happening in London or the south east, it would be treated as a national scandal’

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham late to briefing on cancelled trains... because of a cancelled train

The Mayor of Greater Manchester was heading to Liverpool Lime Street this morning

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The Guardian - UK

Think Westminster’s a mess? It’s nothing compared to the north’s mismanaged rail system

Failed franchises are causing daily misery and costing billions, say Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester and Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool city region

The Independent UK

Metro mayors call for funding boost for two train operators to end ‘rail chaos’

Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region call for immediate injection of funding for TransPennine Express and Northern contracts.

The Independent UK

‘Basically a lottery’: Misery as TransPennine Express cancels 55 trains in one day

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham calls attention to ‘meltdown in train services across the North of England’

Manchester Evening News

'Surely easier to list which trains are running': Fury as TransPennine Express cancels 55 trains in one day

TransPennine Express posted the cancellations on its website

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Keep Warm Club

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday, October 18, 2022.

Manchester Evening News

Travel warning as Liverpool to Manchester trains disrupted

Transpennine Express has an issued an update on its services between Manchester Victoria and Liverpool Lime Street

The Independent UK

National Rail train strikes November 2022 dates

Three more national rail strikes have been called by the RMT union

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